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Best Light Weight Rfifle

Well now, I’m sure there aren’t many opinions on this… but just out of curiosity I was wondering what folks thought was the best light weight “mountain” rifle. Please try to explain your choice more along the lines of *why this rifle is* my choice as opposed to *why that rifle isn’t*… Of course this is a comparison question so the pluses and the minus’s should both be weighed… kinda like a presidential election but I think we have better choices with rifles than presidential candidates (did I really say that?) Anyway, be smarter than yer keyboard.

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Your gun is better than my gun,BUT mine will shoot farther and faster !
If you want the ultimate light weight production rifle you'll probably have to check out Ultra Light Arms. There's is light and offers a wide variety of calibers, downside is MOM won't by me one and my allowance won't either. LOL BUT, if I find enough gold this summer !!

" Americans will never need the 2nd Amendment, until the government tries to take it away."

The Kimber Montana.....right at 7lbs with scope and full belly of ammo. 3-position safety, CRF action, adjustable trigger, blind mag, and Kevlar composite stock. Obviously without getting into some super high $$$$ rifles like NULA's, the direct competitors for the same use would be the Rem Ti and the Sako Finnlite (when I bought mine). Neither of them have a 3-position safety, neither are CRF, and the Sako comes with a standard plastic tupperware stock as opposed to a custom equivalent stock.

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Nice rifle, But it still weighs about a pound more than a Model 20 ULA arms, in the same ready condition.
In my days as an outdoorsman, I've never figured out why a hunter would need a safety with 3 positions. The 3 position safety was designed for military use and has just carried over. If a true sportsman follows the rules of gun safety, he shouldn't need a safety at all. The brain is far better safety than any mechanical gizmo, WHEN USED.
That the safety prohibits the firing pin from falling,or trigger from being pulled is NOT relagated only to Mauser 3 position style safetys.

" Americans will never need the 2nd Amendment, until the government tries to take it away."

OK, confesion time, this was supposed to be a poll, but with all my forum experteeze, it didn't work out... but this is just as good. The options on the poll ranged.. let me think... Rem Ti, Rem LSS, SAKO Finnlight, Tikka Lite, Kimber Montana, Savage Weather Warrior/Hunter, Browning X-Bolt (which i think shows a lot of promise) Ruger Ultra, and OTHER. With the SAKO being on the high $$$ end... However discussion about NULA's, HS Presicion are fine........Have at it

I will add an honest thought though. That NULA is so light that it makes me wonder at what point is long range marksmanship affected by a rifle being too light. Seriously, how light is light enough? It's kinda like using a spotting scope on 60X with no tripod if you know what I mean. It's nice to shave weight but at what point do you sacrifice shootability? I love the idea of the NULA but when shouldering it, it s kind of hard to steady, and though we all would optimally like to use a rest when shooting in the field but its not always possible. Food for thought.

Seriously, how light is light enough? It's kinda like using a spotting scope on 60X with no tripod if you know what I mean. It's nice to shave weight but at what point do you sacrifice shootability?

Really good question... the prevailing thought is... "the longer the shot, the heavier the barrel" and *generally* speaking that's probably true, I think the bottom line is the whole *shooting system*, bullet, rifle/barrel, scope, shooter, to maybe over simplify things. One needs to know ones limits... grin

Agreed

[quote=AlaskaCub;252867]I will add an honest thought though. That NULA is so light that it makes me wonder at what point is long range marksmanship affected by a rifle being too light. Seriously, how light is light enough? It's kinda like using a spotting scope on 60X with no tripod if you know what I mean. It's nice to shave weight but at what point do you sacrifice shootability? I love the idea of the NULA but when shouldering it, it s kind of hard to steady, and though we all would optimally like to use a rest when shooting in the field but its not always possible. Food for thought.[/quote
If I had my way you could just press a button when it came time to shoot and the rifle would instantly weigh 8 1/2 lbs. Then press the button again to carry and it weighs 3 lbs. BUT, I carry a rifle a lot more than I shoot it. So,I'll just have to find a rock or a tree to compensate, IF possible. AND dream!

" Americans will never need the 2nd Amendment, until the government tries to take it away."

I have been going through this with my 2 staple hunting rigs. The Kimber 300WSM and my Ruger 338WM that I have done much work to and shoot extremely well. But my problem is that everytime I am heading afield I start off thinking that I am taking the Ruger but I keep on picking up the Kimber instead. Carrying a light rig a lot will mess a fella up!

Same here. You can just about get two Tikkas in two different calibers for the price of one Kimber. Although I'm sure Kimber is twice the gun just can't justify it right now.

How do you think I got the Kimber??? I sold 2 of the Tikkas in this picture to buy it!...<grin> It was a little reverse psychology, I bought 2 Tikkas instead of a Kimber and then later on I sold em to get the Kimber, it was my plan all along!....grin